Brain Eating Bacteria Killed A Child Who Went Swimming In A River
A child died after being exposed to a brain-eating amoeba in the Elkhorn River, health officials said. The child was admitted to a hospital within 48 hours of the onset of symptoms and died days later. Naegleria fowleri is an amoeba that can cause primary amebic meningoencephalitis, a brain infection that is nearly always fatal. A Missouri resident died in July after contracting Naegleria fowleri at a beach in Iowa, and a child in North …